Molly has entered a lovely phase of cleverness. In our ongoing attempts to encourage her to talk we frequently find ourselves saying, "Molly, can you say (what ever the word of the day is)?" More often than not her simple response is, "Yes!" Clearly a clever way of ignoring our attempts.
Better yet, the babysitter went to get her from a nap and upon entering the room she told Molly she was very stinky and asked her if she had pooped. Molly responded by saying, "No. Baby poop," and pointed at her baby doll.
And the all time favourite: yesterday she walked right up to her dad, hit him twice on the face, turned around, walked to the "time-out step" and took a seat. Interesting since only her bigger sister has time-outs. And, by self-punishing immediately did she think her bad behaviour would be negated?
I find myself wondering if all second children are like this because they have a sibling to role model, or if our bold Molly is just as devilish as they come. I have often thought that had Molly been our first child - with no fear and as a sly as a fox - we may have been scared into abstinence. The best (and worst) thing about Molly is that as soon as she has done something naughty she (strategically) gives the best hugs and kisses she can muster! There truly is nothing better than getting squishy, chubby, gooey, love from a toddler!
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